Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#588

588. By cool Siloam's shady rill

1 By cool Siloam's shady rill
How sweet the lily grows!
How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
Of Sharon's dewy rose!

2 Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod;
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.

3 O Thou, whose infant feet were found
Within Thy Father's shrine,
Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned,
Were all alike divine;

4 Dependent on Thy bounteous breath,
We seek Thy grace alone,
In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still Thine own.

Text Information

• First Line: By cool Siloam's shady rill
• Author: Bp. R. Heber, 1783-1826
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Early Piety; Adoration: Of God; Children: Consecrated to Christ; Children: Religion of; God: Adoration of; For the Young; Religion: Children's

Tune Information

• Name: SILOAM
• Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury, 1819-1858
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: D Major